So I havent been having any luck with woodies using my plastic duck boxes, either home made or commercial built, was going to build a couple of wooden boxes with the instructions Stressless or Dr Luke posted above on this page, and still planning on it but had a brainstorm about going a little more natural looking with a couple, see what happens. I am posting a couple links to pictures of some I made from a hollow log, I thought they might work. I am planning on mounting them on a stump that I will saw off somewhere in my flooded timber, preferrably about 5 ft above the waterline. and then screw a sheetmetal skirt to the bottom of them hanging down to pretty much prevent any type of predator to be able to get past and get at the nest.

Would really like comments of pros and cons from some of the resident successful duckee pond meisters on this page, on what they would do different from what I have in mind, Please, and Thank You in advance!!
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